matwarz Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 A Sunday morning stroll and a great coffee in, this debate popped into my head; choose a year to go back to and travel around watching the graps. I’ve been blessed to be able to travel to Japan and the US many times for runs of live shows, but if I had the time machine, 1994 is where I would land. The Super J Cup, prime AJPW title matches, AJW gearing up towards the dome, W*ING, the birth of IWA Japan, the rise of Michinoku, the height of FMW, ECW hitting its stride, WCW’s best shows before Hogan killed the vibe. Dammit, take me there now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 (edited) 1997 is my favourite year in wrestling history for Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin, Hart Foundation vs. Steve Austin, Sting vs.n.W.o minus Starrcade 1997 - fuck Hogan/Bischoff for that, and Taz vs. Sabu. Four of the best matches in wrestling history as well: Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi. AJPW. 20th January. *****. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin. WWF WrestleMania 13. Not only the 1997 MOTY, my pick for greatest wrestling match ever. *****. Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker. WWF In Your House 18: Badd Blood. Best match of both. *****. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Eddie Guerrero. WCW Halloween Havoc. *****. Edited September 11, 2022 by The Natural 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 (edited) I would probably opt to go back to 1971 and follow the Funk-Brisco tour like they were Springsteen. Then I would find four-year old me and drop a few warnings. Edited September 11, 2022 by Execproducer 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 I'll throw up a vote for 1992. The head to head wars haven't quite started, but the territories are all but dead. Guys are jumping back and forth. First real year of consistent great matches of multiple styles. Is there a major promotion that had a bad year in 1992? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kropotkin's Beard Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Without thinking about it too hard, I think I'd like to pick 2006, which was probably my peak year for indy wrestling viewing. I'd love to go back & see the entire ROH CZW feud in person, the first Dragongate 6 man over Mania weekend, a GHC Heavyweight Title defence in America with Marufuji vs Nigel, the entire year of Danielson, Aries & Strong's really good Tag Title run, Kings of Wrestling in ROH, to be there at that year's Final Battle for Danielson vs Homicide in New York City, there was IWA Mid South running a show with the brutal Low-Ki vs Necro Butcher match AND Hero vs Milano Collection AT, one of the better TPI tournaments from my memory (though 2007 stands out over that), Chikara was loads of fun with the Tag World Grand Prix featuring CP Munk & Colt Cabunny along side the cool Team DDT vs Team K-DOJO match, a really great Kings of Wrestling vs North Star Express match & then the KOW vs Skayde & Milano finals, the deeply entertaining run of Hero & Claudio as the first Chikara tag champs, where they were kind of goofy & Hero was still in his absurd cravate based offence that was deeply obnoxious in a really entertaining to hate way, there's a very under-rated Arik Cannon vs young Jon Moxley match, I think that year had a really enjoyable Kingston vs Sweeney feud where there was even a classic "hitting the face with a car" bit, that was the year The Colony showed up in its original incarnation of Fire Ant & Soldier Ant In Japan you have NOAH with some fun stuff even if it's past its peak now, Marufuji winning the Heavyweight title, the year ends with Misawa's final reign, there's the Kensuke Sasaki 20th Anniversary show which as Tenryu & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Sasaki & Kobashi, in All Japan there's Kojima's Triple Crown run which featured the defence against Suwama that kind of proved that Suwama was THERE, Nakajima & Sasaki were All Asia champs, Shuji Kondo was the dominant Junior Heavyweight champ, New Japan has the first New Japan Cup, Taichi has his first New Japan matches on the weird indy-like shows they run with guys like Tsubo Genjin & Badboy Hido & GENTARO appearing on New Japan shows, an extremely good Junior Heavyweight match at the end of the year between Minoru & Kanemoto, Tana vs Nakamura in Nagoya, Dragon Gate doesn't have the greatest year but Susumu Yokosuka's one of my favourite wrestlers & he has a super solid first Dream Gate title run & Stalker Ichikawa has matches with both Tenryu & Minoru Suzuki which I would love to see live. Definitely a year I have a lot of fondness for even if I have no memories of WWE from that year. Oh, the amazing ECW PPV December To Dismember was that year, that'd have been hilarious to see live. That also means there was the Cena vs RVD One Night Stand match which I think would've been a lot of fun live, & Rey Mysterio vs Sabu. And that year also had some Benoit vs Finlay PPV match that was very good, MNM were there, London & Kendrick were obviously a fun team, could've done without the Vince McMahon vs God stuff, I think that was that year. TNA still had Monty Brown pouncing fools for at least part of the year, Christian Cage, Angle vs Joe, LAX with Hernandez just yeeting people. And it's TNA so there will be plenty of awful stuff that's at least funny bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 i guess i'll take 1996, since @The Natural has the same taste as me but swooped in and called 1997. being able to see the birth of the nWo would be my biggest #1, but watching the J-Crown tournament that summer would be a close 2nd. ECW was also hitting on all cylinders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 11 minutes ago, twiztor said: i guess i'll take 1996, since @The Natural has the same taste as me but swooped in and called 1997. being able to see the birth of the nWo would be my biggest #1, but watching the J-Crown tournament that summer would be a close 2nd. ECW was also hitting on all cylinders. Great minds think alike as the saying goes, @twiztor. Happy to share 1997 with you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 There's two takes on this. Either you want to experience in person something special or you want to see stuff that is otherwise impossible to see because it never made tape. Sometimes you get the best of both worlds like in 1980 Portland where we know the heat Buddy Rose was getting and how special it was to see Martel and Piper as your lead babyfaces but you'd also get the Tuesday shows which were never taped. Early 70s Houston feels up there too with Johnny Valentine and Wahoo and Jose Lothario and Alfred Hayes and old man Bull Curry and the Funks coming in, etc. It's even more true if you could travel around. If I had the choice, I'd follow Terry Funk around and see all of his 1976 as NWA champion. We have almost none of it on tape. Spoiler 1976 01/01 ??, GA Terry Funk beat Abdullah The Butcher 01/02 St. Louis, MO Terry Funk beat Pat O’Connor 01/04 Toronto, Ontario Terry Funk beat Edouard Carpentier 01/05 West Palm Beach, FL Terry Funk beat Thunderbolt Patterson 01/06 Kansas City, KS Terry Funk beat Bob Brown 01/06 Tampa, FL Terry Funk draw Billy Robinson(60:00) 01/07 St. Joseph, MO Terry Funk beat Bob Slaughter 01/08 Jacksonville, FL Terry Funk beat Dusty Rhodes 01/09 Tallahassee, FL Terry Funk beat Thunderbolt Patterson 01/10 Sarasota, FL Terry Funk double countout with Dusty Rhodes 01/11 Toronto, Ontario Terry Funk beat Stan Stasiak 01/12 El Paso, TX Terry Funk vs. Pat O’Connor 01/13 Odessa, TX Terry Funk beat Pat O’Connor 01/14 San Antonio, TX Terry Funk beat Jose Lothario 01/15 Amarillo, TX Terry Funk beat Pat O’Connor(37:30) via pinfall 01/19 ?? Terry Funk beat Otto Von Heller 01/19 Fort Worth, TX Fritz Von Erich & Rick Martel beat Terry Funk & Stan Hansen 01/20 Dallas, TX Terry Funk beat Peter Maivia 01/21 Abilene, TX Terry Funk double countout with Super Destroyer 01/22 Amarillo, TX Terry Funk vs. ?? 01/23 Corpus Christi, TX Terry Funk beat Jose Lothario 01/29 Amarillo, TX Terry Funk beat Greg Valentine 01/?? St. Louis, MO Terry Funk no contest with Gene Kiniski 01/?? St. Louis, MO Terry Funk beat Gene Kiniski 02/02 Greenville, SC Terry Funk draw Wahoo McDaniel 02/03 Columbia, SC Terry Funk draw Paul Jones(60:00) 02/05 Winston-Salem, NC Terry Funk draw Rufus R. Jones 02/06 St. Louis, MO Terry Funk beat Harley Race 02/07 St. Petersburg, FL Terry Funk beat Jack Brisco 02/?? ?? Terry Funk beat Jose Lothario 02/09 West Palm Beach, FL Dusty Rhodes beat Terry Funk by DQ 02/10 Tampa, FL Terry Funk beat Dusty Rhodes by DQ 02/11 Miami, FL Terry Funk beat Jack Brisco by DQ 02/12 Ocala, FL Terry Funk vs. Dusty Rhodes 02/13 Tallahassee, FL Terry Funk vs. Thunderbolt Patterson 02/15 Wichita, KS Terry Funk vs. Mike George 02/15 Cedar Rapids, IA Terry Funk vs. Ronnie Etchison in a 2 of 3 falls match 02/17 Mobile, AL Terry Funk beat Eddie Sullivan 02/18 Garden City, KS Terry Funk vs. Mike George 02/19 Kansas City, MO Terry Funk beat Mike George by DQ in a 2 of 3 falls match 02/21 Rome, GA Terry Funk beat Dick Slater 02/21 Sarasota, FL Terry Funk draw Billy Robinson(sub for Dusty Rhodes) 02/23 Orlando, FL Terry Funk vs. Thunderbolt Patterson 02/24 Tampa, FL Billy Robinson beat Terry Funk by DQ 02/25 Miami, FL(Cancelled Due to Rain) Terry Funk vs. Mike Graham 02/26 Rome, GA Terry Funk vs. Abdullah The Butcher 02/27 Atlanta, GA Terry Funk vs. Abdullah the Butcher 02/29 Greensboro, NC Terry Funk beat Paul Jones 03/01 Pico Rivera, CA Terry Funk beat Raul Mata 03/02 San Diego, CA Terry Funk beat Chavo Guerrero 03/03 Los Angeles, CA(TV) Terry Funk beat The Outlaw(Don Savage) 03/05 Los Angeles, CA Chavo Guerrero beat Terry Funk by DQ 03/08 West Palm Beach, FL Terry Funk draw Billy Robinson 03/09 Tampa, FL Terry Funk beat Thunderbolt Patterson 03/10 Miami, FL Andre the Giant beat Terry Funk by DQ 03/11 Daytona, FL Terry Funk vs. Thunderbolt Patterson 03/12 Tallahassee, FL Terry Funk vs. Billy Robinson 03/18 Amarillo, TX Terry Funk beat Super Destroyer(43:40) by countout 03/26 St. Louis, MO Terry Funk beat Jack Brisco 03/29 ?? Terry Funk beat Fritz Von Erich 03/30 Calgary, Alberta Terry Funk beat The Stomper(Archie Gouldie) 03/31 San Angelo, TX Terry Funk beat Super Destroyer 04/02 Houston, TX Terry Funk draw Rocky Johnson 04/06 Tampa, FL Dusty Rhodes beat Terry Funk in a Texas death match 04/07 Miami, FL Dusty Rhodes beat Terry Funk in a Texas bullrope match 04/08 Jacksonville, FL Terry Funk beat Dusty Rhodes by DQ 04/09 Tallahassee, FL Terry Funk vs. Jack Brisco 04/14 Charlotte, NC Terry Funk draw Wahoo McDaniel 04/14 Abilene, TX Terry Funk beat Harley Race 04/15 Amarillo, TX Terry Funk beat Harley Race 04/16 Lubbock, TX Terry Funk beat Super Destroyer 04/17 St. Petersburg, FL Terry Funk beat Dusty Rhodes by DQ 04/19 Charlotte, NC Terry Funk draw Wahoo McDaniel(60:00) 04/20 Raleigh, NC Paul Jones beat Terry Funk by DQ 04/22 Norfolk, VA Wahoo McDaniel beat Terry Funk by DQ 04/23 St. Louis, MO Terry Funk beat Dick the Bruiser by DQ 04/24 Roanoke, VA Paul Jones beat Terry Funk by DQ 04/25 Asheville, NC Terry Funk vs. Wahoo McDaniel 04/29 ?? Terry Funk draw Mike George 04/30 Charleston, SC Terry Funk beat Paul Jones by DQ 05/01 Greensboro, NC Terry Funk beat Paul Jones(22:00) 05/03 Augusta, GA Terry Funk beat Thunderbolt Patterson by countout 05/04 Macon, GA Terry Funk draw Mr. Wrestling II(60:00) 05/07 Atlanta, GA Terry Funk vs. Dusty Rhodes 05/09 ?? Terry Funk beat Rico Pantera 05/10 ?? Terry Funk beat Greg Valentine 05/14 ?? Terry Funk beat Abdullah The Butcher 05/15 St. Louis, MO (TV) Gene Kiniski and Roger Kirby beatNWA Champion Terry Funk and Missouri Champion Bob Backlund when Kiniski beat Funk 05/19 San Antonio, TX Terry Funk vs. Chavo Guerrero 05/?? ?? Terry Funk beat Ric Flair 05/21 St. Louis, MO Gene Kiniski & Jack Brisco beat Terry Funk & Dory Funk, Jr. 05/22 St. Petersburg, FL Terry Funk draw Dusty Rhodes(60:00) 05/24 West Palm Beach, FL Terry Funk beat Bob Orton Jr. by DQ 05/25 Tampa, FL Terry Funk beat Mike Graham 05/26 Miami, FL Terry Funk no contest with Jack Brisco 05/28 Tallahassee, FL Terry Funk vs. Bob Armstrong 05/28 Houston, TX Terry Funk draw Rocky Johnson 05/30 Greensboro, NC Terry Funk double countout with Dusty Rhodes 06/02 Abilene, TX Terry Funk vs. Jerry Brisco 06/03 Amarillo, TX Terry Funk beat Jack Brisco 06/04 St. Louis, MO Terry Funk no contest with Gene Kiniski 06/05 Irving, TX Terry Funk beat Fritz Von Erich by DQ 06/08 Nagaoka, Japan Giant Baba & Samson Kutsuwada beat Terry Funk & Alfred Hayes 06/09 Niigata, Japan Terry Funk double countout with Giant Baba 06/10 Takaoka, Japan Giant Baba, The Destroyer & Jumbo Tsuruta beat Terry Funk, Alfred Hayes & Bob Geigel 06/11 Tokyo, Japan Terry Funk beat Jumbo Tsuruta 06/12 Nagano, Japan Giant Baba, The Destroyer & Akihisa Takachio beat Terry Funk, Alfred Hayes & Bob Geigel 06/13 Saku, Japan Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta & Anton Geesnik beat Terry Funk, Alfred Hayes & Bob Geigel 06/15 Yokohama, Japan Giant Baba & The Destroyer beat Terry Funk & Alfred Hayes 06/16 Koyama, Japan Giant Baba, The Destroyer & Akihisa Takachio beat Terry Funk, Alfred Hayes & Bob Giegel 06/?? ?? Terry Funk beat Wahoo McDaniel 06/25 Houston, TX Terry Funk beat Rocky Johnson 06/30 San Antonio, TX Jose Lothario beat Terry Funk in a Texas bullrope match 07/01 Amarillo, TX Terry Funk beat Super Destroyer(41:03) via pinfall 07/02 Los Angeles, CA Terry Funk beat Chavo Guerrero 07/04 Greensboro, NC Terry Funk beat Wahoo McDaniel by countout 07/05 Greenville, SC Terry Funk beat Paul Jones 07/06 Columbia, SC Rufus R. Jones beat Terry Funk by DQ 07/07 Abilene, TX Terry Funk beat Fritz Von Erich by DQ in a 2 of 3 falls match 07/09 Calgary, Alberta Terry Funk beat Archie Gouldie by DQ 07/12 Orlando, FL Dusty Rhodes beat Terry Funk by DQ in a 2 of 3 falls match 07/13 Tampa, FL Dusty Rhodes, Greg Valentine & Ray Candy beat Terry Funk, Missouri Mauler & The Assassin 07/14 Miami, FL Terry Funk beat Dusty Rhodes 07/15 Jacksonville, FL Terry Funk beat Dusty Rhodes by DQ 07/16 Atlanta, GA Terry Funk beat Dusty Rhodes by DQ 07/17 New Orleans, LA Terry Funk beat Bill Watts 07/19 Vancouver, British Columbia Terry Funk beat John Quinn 07/20 Portland, OR Terry Funk beat Jesse Ventura 07/21 Calgary, Alberta Terry Funk beat Gene Kiniski by DQ 07/23 Vancouver, British Columbia Terry Funk beat Kenji Shibuya 07/?? Seattle, WA Terry Funk beat Bull Ramos 07/25 Abilene, TX Terry Funk vs. Swede Hanson 07/28 San Antonio, TX Terry Funk vs. Rocky Johnson 07/29 Amarillo, TX Super Destroyer beat Terry Funk in a Texas death match 07/30 Lubbock, TX Terry Funk beat Dennis Stamp 07/31 San Antonio, TX Terry Funk draw Rocky Johnson 08/05 Kansas City, MO Harley Race beat Terry Funk by DQ 08/07 ?? Terry Funk vs. Larry Lane 08/09 Tulsa, OK Terry Funk vs. Dick Murdoch 08/13 St. Louis, MO Terry Funk beat Gene Kiniski in a fence match 08/15 ??, FL Terry Funk beat Missouri Mauler 08/16 West Palm Beach, FL Terry Funk beat Dusty Rhodes by DQ 08/17 Tampa, FL Terry Funk beat Steve Keirn 08/18 Miami, FL Terry Funk beat Bob Roop 08/19 Sarasota, FL Terry Funk vs. Dusty Rhodes 08/20 Atlanta, GA Dusty Rhodes beat Terry Funk by DQ with Don Curtis as special referee 08/22 Memphis, TN Terry Funk draw Jerry Lawler 08/24 Dallas, TX Terry Funk beat Rocky Johnson 08/25 San Antonio, TX Terry Funk beat Jose Lothario 08/27 Houston, TX Jose Lothario beat Terry Funk 09/?? ??, LA Terry Funk vs. Bill Watts 09/04 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia Terry Funk vs. Leo Burke 09/05 North Sydney, Nova Scotia Terry Funk vs. ?? 09/06 Moncton, Nova Scotia Terry Funk vs. Leo Burke 09/07 Halifax, Nova Scotia Leo Burke beat Terry Funk by DQ 09/08 ??, Nova Scotia Terry Funk beat Leo Burke 09/10 Atlanta, GA Terry Funk draw Dick Slater(60:00) 09/13 San Angelo, TX Terry Funk beat Swede Hanson 09/15 Houston, TX Jose Lothario beat Terry Funk by DQ 09/16 Amarillo, TX Terry Funk beat Fritz Von Erich(21:13) by DQ 09/17 Lubbock, TX Terry Funk beat Super Destroyer in a Texas death match 09/21 Kansas City, MO Terry Funk beat Bob Brown 09/23 ?? Terry Funk vs. Harley Race 09/27 West Palm Beach, FL Terry Funk double countout with Dusty Rhodes 09/28 Tampa, FL Terry Funk beat Ray Candy 09/29 Miami, FL Terry Funk beat The Assassin 09/30 Jacksonville, FL Terry Funk vs. The Assassin 10/01 Tallahassee, FL Terry Funk vs. The Assassin 10/02 Punta Gorda, FL Terry Funk vs. Steve Keirn 10/05 Nashville, TN Terry Funk beat Bob Armstrong 10/06 Abilene, TX Terry Funk beat Jack Brisco in a 2 of 3 falls match 10/?? ?? Terry Funk beat Bob Brown 10/08 St. Louis, MO Terry Funk beat Bob Backlund with Pat O’Connor as special referee 10/10 Knoxville, TN Terry Funk beat Ron Fuller by DQ 10/11 Vancouver, British Columbia Terry Funk draw Gene Kiniski 10/15 Portland, OR Terry Funk beat Jimmy Snuka 10/18 Memphis, TN Terry Funk beat Jerry Lawler by DQ 10/19 Dallas, TX Terry Funk beat Rocky Johnson 10/20 San Antonio, TX Rocky Johnson & Jose Lothario beat Terry Funk & Seigfried Steinke 10/21 Harlingen, TX Terry Funk vs. Jose Lothario 10/22 Houston, TX Terry Funk beat Jose Lothario 10/25 Augusta, GA Terry Funk beat Mr. Wrestling II 10/26 Macon, GA Terry Funk beat Bob Armstrong 10/26 Atlanta, GA(TV) Terry Funk draw Dick Slater 10/28 Dothan, AL Terry Funk beat Dusty Rhodes 10/29 Atlanta, GA Terry Funk beat Mr. Wrestling II 10/30 Atlanta, GA(TV) Mr. Wrestling II beat Terry Funk by DQ 10/30 St. Petersburg, FL Dusty Rhodes beat Terry Funk by DQ 11/03 Abilene, TX Terry Funk beat Tank Patton 11/04 Amarillo, TX Terry Funk beat Swede Hanson(16:45) by countout 11/05 Lubbock, TX Terry Funk beat Tank Patton 11/05 St. Louis, MO Terry Funk beat Harley Race 11/07 ?? Terry Funk beat Don Fargo 11/07 ?? Terry Funk beat Sam Bass 11/08 West Palm Beach, FL Terry Funk beat Jack Brisco 11/09 Tampa, FL Terry Funk beat Jerry Brisco 11/10 Miami, FL Terry Funk beat Bob Backlund 11/11 Ocala, FL Terry Funk vs. Dusty Rhodes 11/12 Atlanta, GA Mr. Wrestling II beat Terry Funk by DQ 11/13 Amarillo, TX(TV) Tank Patton beat Terry Funk by DQ 11/13 Lakeland, FL Terry Funk vs. Dusty Rhodes in a Texas bullrope match 11/15 Tulsa, OK Billy Robinson beat Terry Funk by DQ 11/16 Miami, FL Terry Funk draw Bob Orton Jr. 11/19 Toronto, Ontario Terry Funk beat Domenic DeNucci 11/20 Lawton, OK Terry Funk vs. Ken Patera 11/23 Mobile, AL Terry Funk beat Ken Lucas 11/23 Miami, FL Dusty Rhodes beat Terry Funk by DQ 11/25 Norfolk, VA Terry Funk vs. Rufus R. Jones 11/26 St. Louis, MO Terry Funk beat Harley Race 11/27 ?? Terry Funk beat Bobo Brazil 11/29 Greenville, SC Paul Jones beat Terry Funk by DQ 11/30 Columbia, SC Terry Funk draw Rufus R. Jones 12/02 St. Petersburg, FL Terry Funk beat Bob Orton, Jr. 12/03 Richmond, VA Paul Jones beat Terry Funk by DQ 12/05 Toronto, Ontario Terry Funk beat Carlos Rocha 12/06 West Palm Beach, FL Dusty Rhodes beat Terry Funk in a Texas bullrope match 12/07 Tampa, FL Mike Graham beat Terry Funk by DQ 12/08 Miami, FL Dusty Rhodes beat Terry Funk by DQ 12/09 Jacksonville, FL Terry Funk vs. Dusty Rhodes 12/10 Atlanta, GA Terry Funk beat Mr. Wrestling II 12/11 Ocala, FL Terry Funk vs. Jack Brisco 12/17 Calgary, Alberta Terry Funk vs. Larry Lane 12/26 Marietta, GA Terry Funk beat Mr. Wrestling II 12/27 Augusta, GA Terry Funk beat Mr. Wrestling II 12/28 Macon, GA Terry Funk draw Mr. Wrestling II(60:00) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Execproducer said: I would probably opt to go back to 1971 and follow the Funk-Brisco tour like they were Springsteen. Then I would find four-year old me and drop a few warnings. 1996. "Don't blow off that girl to buy/watch Wrestlemania 12. She actually might not have been trolling you, and HBK wins." Edited September 11, 2022 by BobbyWhioux 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 if it's one calender year it'd be a tough debate but if it's any 12 month period I'd probably want the second half of 96 and first half of 97 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 That had to be the year that ground Terry into dust as champ. He was also partying for two so just imagine kicking it with him on the road. Your liver would run screaming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 It's quite possible that I actually saw one of those Terry Funk title defenses and simply don't remember it as we made about 3 or 4 trips to the Jacksonville matches before moving from Florida. I don't remember much of any of those cards. One thing I vividly remember is Dusty doing a Jesus pose with a chain wrapped around his neck and I'm 95% certain it was Ivan Koloff holding the chain. So I guess my back-up would be to revisit all of those shows and maybe keep the damn program. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyChamp Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Are we going back in time like we are now or like we were at the time? I’d go back in time to Florida with my father and we’d watch rasslin if I got to go like I am now. He got to watch the good stuff. Terry, Dusty, Army of Darkness, etc. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammo~! Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 (edited) Hard agree with 1994. Not only do you get all that good stuff in Japan: All Japan Women being on fire, J Cup etc, it's also one of Mexico's best years. Give me the year where I can watch Volk Han, Jushin Liger, Aja Kong, Blue Panther, and Bret Hart all at the top of their game. Edited September 16, 2022 by Sammo~! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 I want to go back to like 1975 or 1979 and hit the Portland Wrestling shows with my grandma. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 (edited) I'd travel back to the 50s or 60s to see more British, French, European and American graps. And some vintage lucha too. Edited September 18, 2022 by ohtani's jacket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 On 9/16/2022 at 12:42 AM, SirSmellingtonofCascadia said: I want to go back to like 1975 or 1979 and hit the Portland Wrestling shows with my grandma. That makes me want to go back to the early 50s and watch Chicago wrestling with my great grandfather. My mom says he would watch it like he wanted to jump through the TV to attack Gorgeous George or whatever heel had him vexed that week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 "Hans Schmidt, you Nazi bastard!!!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 On 9/11/2022 at 10:56 AM, Curt McGirt said: That had to be the year that ground Terry into dust as champ. He was also partying for two so just imagine kicking it with him on the road. Your liver would run screaming. The NWA champ touring schedule was fucking insane. . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 I feel like 1994 is a good choice if you just want to see great matches/events, but I don't think I want to rewatch any promotion's entire 1994. It's one of those years where the highs are all time highs, but everything else is kind of average. 1997 is the exact opposite, sure there are great matches, but the value is in following everything week to week. It might be fun to follow Flair in 89, or the Jumbo vs. Misawa feud from June 90 to June 91. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 (edited) Since 96/97 has been taken many times over, I’ll take 1983. Use Shreveport as a base to hit up all things Mid South in OK/LA and could make the quick trip to Dallas for WCCW, Houston for Bosch. Irish McNiel’s tapings. Seems like a good time. Could catch very early WWF boom and JCP on TV. It’s all good. Edited September 19, 2022 by For Great Justice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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